Monday 16 April 2012

TV: School of Hard Sums

Coming to Dave (yes that Dave) TV channel a show with Marcus de Sautoy &
Dara O'Briain (Picture from uktv.co.uk web-site (link below))
Maths goes head to head with a comedian and 'sometimes wins'. It is based on an Emmy-award nominated Japanese programme Comaneci University Mathematics.
A light hearted approach to how maths underpins everyday life (I have heard that it even uses Bayesian statistics on one show).


Starts on Monday 16th April at 8pm on Dave
To get you in the mood, here's a problem:
You have 9 coins. One is a fake and weighs more than a genuine one. You've borrowed a weighing balance but are only able to use it twice - how can you find the fake?

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